Nagpur: Scheme ‘Police Didi’ (police as sisters) will be introduced in the city to forge interactive bonds with young girls, especially students in the age group of 8 to 17, to empower them to sexual victimization.
More than 100 female police – three of the 33 police stations each – will carry out the scheme.
After the latest government resolution and standing orders before, city police were ready to introduce the ‘Didi Police’ on Wednesday, when the three-day training program will begin before CP Amitesh Kumar.
The Association of CP Aswati Dorje said the police were chosen as ‘Didi Police’ will meet with girls in schools, colleges and hostels to create awareness about various aspects of sexual violence, improper progress to overcome such situations.
The aim is to train the girls in handling the pressure situation and attacking them, he said.
“Awareness of sexual violations such as ‘good touch’ and ‘bad touch’, DOS and should not be done while interacting with foreigners, especially in the digital world, avoiding dark spots and remote zones etc.
will be implanted in girls,” said Dorje, who has involved Mumbai NGO ‘Aangan Trust’ to train female police in the three-day program.
“This type of initiative has proven a track record of bringing hidden atrocities and also prevent further damage,” said CP together.
Dorje said the ‘Police Didi’ scheme would bear fruit in helping, support, attaching, advising, and creating awareness among girls about various types of sexual violence and related complexity.
“Our target audience also includes teenagers, who have married run or escaped from home to explore other worlds and somehow managed to return.
We want to tell them about traps of trade and other fighting which can irreversibly destroy their lives,” Dorje said, Referring to cases of rape of the leading teen gang this year.
“‘Didi Police’ will also help girls in understanding how to report any events without remaining silent victims,” he said, adding teachers, parents and principals to be included in the scheme gamut.
In the long run, the scheme will be expanded to include public and social organizational members as forced multipliers.
‘Police Didis’ to keep small children safe
